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I would assume that this perhaps not very socially-attuned father suddenly had a freak-out, and this resulted in the encounter you witnessed. In the moment he really wasn't thinking about the consequences of his actions on you, the parents of the boy. He was worried about his daughter, and probably wasn't too pleased to find her at her boyfriend's house, with possibly permissive adults, with an equally permissive custodial ex-wife in the background, allowing this.

In fact, if a post was created on DCUM from the point of view of a distraught dad finding out that his teen daughter is off gallivanting with a boyfriend in the evening, deploring that his ex-wife is allowing this, I'm sure it would garner some sympathy.

So since you don't know this family, and there are two sides to every story... I suggest you move on without judging too much.

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You're kidding about judgement right? Calling fulltime parents permissive??[/quote]

Fulltime, part-time, or non-custodial parenting has no bearing on the belief system of a parent, PP. Some fulltime parents restrict their teen's freedoms significantly, and some do not. I would argue that an authoritarian father is *more* likely to freak out if he only sees his daughter infrequently, just because he's not the one communicating with friends, and parents of friends, trust has not been established, and he will be more suspicious.

This whole story is very predictable. Even before clicking on the link, I knew there would be a freaked-out father from OP's title. 
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Of course you knew from the title, it literally says odd visit from DS GF dad. I don't think the rest of us opened this expecting to have dad pop in and entertain the family all night long and do magic tricks. If you made the initial comment calling the custodial mom and OP permissive, you are extremely judgmental and dense. [/quote]

No. I expected a freak out. Odd can mean many things. 
Also, I did not specifically call OP permissive. I described this father's probable thoughts. It's likely HE thought they are all way too lenient.

You are misreading posts and insulting people. Please read more carefully.[/quote]

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